CORNERSTONE

One of the band's good albums with radio pop hit that swept the music industry at end of seventies / early eighties "Babe". I remember vividly how all radio stations played this hit many times during that period. As far as pop ballad, this is a well crafted music with atmospheric keyboard and transparent and powerful vocal. When I had an illegal rock station radio I regularly played "Love IN The Midnight" (last track). I love this track because it has great composition: nice opening (powerful vocal accompanied by acoustic guitar fills) followed with upbeat rock music with tight accentuation. For hard rock lovers this song might be a favorite one because it really rocks! The other good quality of this song is on vocal harmony between Tomy Shaw and Dennis De Young backed by the rest of the band members. Another good track to enjoy is the country-influenced song titled "Boat on The River". It serves like a ballad with a good melody.

As I always mentioned on my previous reviews about the band, I never consider the band as prog band. I know that its debut had some proggy segments but that's it. The albums onward for me is like a hard rock bands like Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, etc. Overall, this is a good album but not essential. Keep on proggin' ..!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW